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Mozambique was an overseas possession of Portugal until 1975. On June 25, 1975, Portugal granted independence to Mozambique, much later than other European nations had freed their own African possessions. The United States immediately recognized the new nation and moved to establish diplomatic relations. An embassy in the capital Maputo (then named Lourenço Marques) was opened November 8, 1975, with Johnnie Carson as chargé d’affaires ''ad interim''. On February 4, 1976, Ambassador Willard A. De Pree was appointed as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Mozambique. On Thursday, March 29, 2012, President Barack Obama, in a White House press release, officially nominated Douglas M. Griffiths to succeed Leslie V. Rowe as the U.S. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Mozambique. Mr. Griffiths is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service and currently serves as the U.S. Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. From 2006 to 2009, he was the Principal Officer at the U.S. Consulate General in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Previous overseas assignments include: Deputy Chief of Mission and Chargé d’affaires, ad interim at the United States Embassy to the Republic of Haiti (2004-2006); Counselor for International Economic Affairs at the U.S. Mission in Geneva, Switzerland (2000-2004); and First Secretary of Economic Affairs in Rabat, Morocco (1996-1999). In Washington, he worked on the South Africa desk during the South African transition to democracy. He began his career in the Foreign Service in 1988 with overseas assignments in Quebec City, Canada; Lisbon, Portugal; and Maputo, Mozambique. Mr. Griffiths received a B.A. from the University of Notre Dame and an M.P.P. from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School.〔http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/03/29/president-obama-announces-more-key-administration-posts〕 ==Ambassadors== *Willard A. De Pree – Career FSO * *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary * *Appointed: February 4, 1976 * *Presented credentials: April 16, 1976 * *Terminated mission: Left post, July 7, 1980 *David E. Simcox – Career FSO〔Simcox was not commissioned. His nomination not acted upon by the Senate.〕 * *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary * *Appointed: * *Presented credentials: * *Terminated mission: *Note: The post was vacant from July 7, 1980 until September 23, 1983. William H. Twaddell served as chargé d’affaires ''ad interim'' during that period. *Peter Jon de Vos – Career FSO * *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary * *Appointed: September 23, 1983 * *Presented credentials: November 4, 1983 * *Terminated mission: Left post, February 12, 1987 *Melissa Foelsch Wells – Career FSO〔An earlier nomination of October 7, 1986, was not acted upon by the Senate.〕 * *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary * *Appointed: September 11, 1987 * *Presented credentials: September 26, 1987 * *Terminated mission: Left post, October 12, 1990 *Townsend B. Friedman, Jr. – Career FSO * *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary * *Appointed: August 6, 1990 * *Presented credentials: November 10, 1990 * *Terminated mission: Left post, September 15, 1993 *Dennis C. Jett – Career FSO * *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary * *Appointed: July 16, 1993 * *Presented credentials: November 17, 1993 * *Terminated mission: Left post, July 20, 1996 *The post was vacant between July 20, 1996 and December 3, 1997. P. Michael McKinley served as chargé d’affaires ''ad interim'' during that period. *Brian D. Curran – Career FSO * *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary * *Appointed: October 24, 1997 * *Presented credentials: December 3, 1997 * *Terminated mission: Left post June 21, 2000 *Sharon P. Wilkinson – Career FSO * *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary * *Appointed: September 15, 2000 * *Presented credentials: October 25, 2000 * *Terminated mission: Left post July 21, 2003 *Helen R. Meagher La Lime – Career FSO * *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary * *Appointed: April 16, 2003 * *Presented credentials: September 3, 2003 * *Terminated mission: December 2006 *The post was vacant 2006–09. Todd C. Chapman served as ''Chargé d’Affaires''. *William R. Steiger was nominated by President Bush on January 10, 2007, but the Senate has not acted on the nomination. *Leslie V. Rowe - Career FSO * *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary * *Appointed: September 12, 2009 * *Presented credentials: January 28, 2010 * *Terminated mission: ''Incumbent'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「United States Ambassador to Mozambique」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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